{"id":290,"date":"2003-07-24T14:23:44","date_gmt":"2003-07-24T22:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2003\/07\/24\/sexism-in-blogtopia\/"},"modified":"2003-07-24T14:23:44","modified_gmt":"2003-07-24T22:23:44","slug":"sexism-in-blogtopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=290","title":{"rendered":"Sexism in blogtopia"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a bit of a scuffle going on in conservative neighborhoods of blogtopia. It seems the blog Right Wing News <\/a>surveyed 40 (mostly conservative) bloggers regarding “the twenty greatest figures from American History.” (Aside: Right Wing News uses Superman’s old catchphrase “truth, justice and the American way” as its motto; I wonder if the blogger realizes that Superman was a leftist in his original appearances?).<\/p>\n

But when the survey results came out, Meryl Yourish <\/a>commented, “…There is definitely a boys’ club in the blogosphere, and this list is entered into evidence as Exhibit A. There are a lot of bloggers on that list who have some pretty thoughtful, well-researched posts. But they couldn’t see fit to include a single woman?” Meryl’s criticism of blogotopian sexism led to something of a firestorm<\/a>, with people posting both in support of and opposed to (but mostly opposed to) Meryl’s comments. My favorite was this supportive post from Electric Venom<\/a>, a right-wing blogger:<\/p>\n

Revisionism looks at accomplishments and brave deeds performed by women and dismisses them with a snap of the fingers because – now that we’ve reaped the benefits of those acts – they somehow seem less courageous.<\/p>\n

Revisionism sneers at the steps that brought half of our country’s population out of the dark, dim shadows of history.<\/p>\n

Shame on you for taking for granted the import of what those women accomplished. Shame on you for thinking their deeds less noteworthy, less relevant, less influential. You see I – a mere woman – know better.<\/p>\n

I know that were it not for Susan and Gloria and others equally brave, Ann Coulter would be meekly waiting tables and keeping her mouth shut. Without Rosa Parks, where would Condi Rice be? <\/p><\/div>\n

That’s just a sample; do go read the whole thing<\/a>, it’s totally kick-ass..<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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